amkiwus viiiram:
JOBS B. BMimt, ‘Editor, '& rcapfietof.
22. 'pss.
(C7* We will once more inform those who are
interested in raU-Mad projects, and other move
ments about svhich our, readers care little or
nothing, that we cannot and will not publish
their proceedings for nothing. We have quit
that mode of doing business, because we found
that those dependent upon ns for their “daily
bread’’could notlive by it. It is a very cosy
and convenient thing for a few men to assem
ble at a country tavern and adopt great long
whereases and resolves, thclast one being “that
all the papers of the county be requesed to pub
lish the proceedings.” But these men don’t
think, (or if they do they don’t caro.) that it
costs us from one to two # or three dollars to
comply with their request. As wo said be
fore. we are done with gratis advertising. We
have submitted to this imposition quite long
enough.
Bio Spring Instjtutk.—Wo arc requested
to state that the second annual Agricultural
Horticultural Fair of the Big Spring Institute
will be held on the Tlh of August next.
Lent. —On Wednesday the 21st inst., the
season for lent, a period of religious fasting, so
scrupulously observed by the members of the
Catholic church, and which will continue for
six weeks, commenced. This is one of the most
solemn and rigid seasons of fasting observed by
that church, and terminates on the day before
Easter Sunday.
Penmanship —Wc have been shown several
specimens of penmanship, as executed by Mr.
P. Hammak. who is now engaged in teaching
the art (in the Grand Jury room of the court
house,) to several classes of young ladies and
gentlemen. To write a plain, legible and benu
tilul hand, is an accomplishment that all should
strive to acquire. Mr. Hamm tv has, by per-
Reverence and labor, made himself an adept in
all the secrets of the art. and he has the faculty
to impart his knowledge to others in an almost
incredible short space of time. After taking a
few lessons, a marked change for the better can
be noticed in the writing of his pupils, which
is the best evidence of Mr. H’s. expertness as a
teacher. During his stay in our town, all
who desire to become good writers, should
avail themselves of Mr. UxiOLAN’s services.—
Such an opportunity is not presented every day.
His terms arc very moderate.
Gest. Cass’ Speech.— On oar first page will
be found the admirable Speech of ibis veteran
statesman, in reply to the absurd instructions
o< the Michigan legislature. The old War
Horse is opposed to Know-Kothingisin, and be
lieves that the American people want no new
platform or organization, lie tabes his stand
upon the broad platform of Democracy, and is,
aa he always has been, true to the principles of
civil and religious liberty, and opposed to nil
interference with the rights of U
is an able speech, and will repay an attentive
perusal.
Be on f onu (.Idaho! —The Town Council
of the borough has passed an Ordinance prohib
iting, undbr a penalty of txrenly dollars, any
person not duly authorized, from interfering
with the fire-plugs. The plugs are totalised
only for the purpose of extinguishing fires,and
any one injuring, opening or drawing water
from any of them, will be proceeded agamst
according to law. Exception is, however,
made in favor of any regularly organized hose
or fire companv, such companies, upon certain
conditions, being permitted the use of the pings
and water. Citizens then, should goicrn
themselves accordingly.
TIIE l\BT lECTCRE OP THE COURSE.
Mu. Bonham’s Lecttrk —The sixth ami
last lecture of the senes of entertaining and in-
structive lectures, for the benefit of the “I'nion )
Kirc Company,” was deli vend in Marion Hall, (
on Thursday evening last, by J. Eli.is Box
ham, Esq. The subject of the lecture was
“American Peculiarities," an interesting theme
just now, when so much is said and written in
relation to American manners, institutions and
nationality. Although the weather was most
unfavorable, the large ball was completely fill
ed with a highly intellectual auditory, compos
ed of both ladies and gentlemen, all of whom
listened to the discourse with the most profound
attention. The delivery of the lecture occupied
somewhat more than an hour, ami during all
that time there was no evidence of restlessness
Or inattention on the part of the audience, but 1
on the contrary all appeared delighted both
With the manner and matter of the gifted ami
eloquent lecturer, and not a few expressed re
gret that it terminated so soon.
The lecturer, during the course of his re
marks, spoke of the first settlements made on
this continent by Europeans, declaring they
were made in consequence of the dense popula
tion of the old World, and that the red man
was despoiled of his inheritance in order that
barbarism might give place to civilization. He
also deplored the evils which would arise from
the triumph of that narrow and illiberal policy
which would prevent the emigration to our
shores of the oppressed and down-trodden mil
lions of Europe ; and administered a deserved
rebuke to that spirit of fanaticism and intoler
ance, now so rampant in the laud, which would
disfranchize and persecute citizens on account
of their religion or birth place. Ilcmost beau
tifuUy referred to our own revolutionary strug
gle, whenWA»ms<j r ON and Lakavbttb, Amer
ican and foreigner, Protestant and Catholic,
Stood aide by side, fighting for the liberties
which wo now enjoy. Although perhaps many
bf the sentiments advanced by Mr. Bonham
grated harshly upon the cars and wounded the
sensibilities of some of Uui members of the se
cret order, many of whom were present, the
generality df his hearers evinced their approha-'
lion by frequent and loud applause. During
the Jcctliro, Mr. B. introduced several amusing
imd piquant anecdotes, illustrative of iho “pc
cultaitics" of the American people, which told
with marked effect, mid which convulsed his
audience with laughter- On the whole, the
lecture was a masterpiece, original, forcibJonnd
elegant, nod na n literary production, would
take rank among the ilncat efforts of the most
eminent men in the country, and our only re
gret is that wo have not moro frequent oppor
tunities of listening to such interesting and in
structive discourses. As this lecture will no
doubt ho published, either in the newspapers
or in pamphlet form, wo refrain from making
any further comments upon it.
DECLINE OF RNOW-NOTIpGISM.,
• This, ficcret-' political organization,'; Which j
sprung into existence so suddenly, and, which j
extended itself with such surprising rapidity '
into almost every section of the Union, is* if we
may judge from tho “signs of the times,” deg.*
lined tb an overthrow as complete and huqiUia* :
ting ns its rise and progress was brilliant and I
unprecedented. This sudden and disgraceful 1
end of a popular and wide-spread fanaticism is
easily accounted for, when wc lake into con
sideration the characters and antecedents of the
leading men who control its action and speak
its sentiments. Thegreat majority of them are
men of easy political virtue and with no fixed
or honest principles, who, having received from
the old political parlies much more than they
were entitled to and all they could reasonably
hope to obtain, thought that by joining some
new and untried organization, the star of theii*
prosperity would once more be in tho ascend
ant. They are men who have been “every
thing by turns and nothing long,” and so that
their inordinate desire for office is satisfied, they
care little what party is in power or what set
of principles triumph* Tt is true, that thou
sands of honest and well-meaning, thoughmis
guided Democrats, carritfl*ffway by their hos
tility to foreigners, and dreading (os they say)
the increasing power and influence of tho church
of Rome, left the Democratic party and threw
themselves into the arms of Know-Nothingism
But the excitement of the moment being over,
seeing the disreputable company they had got
into, and finding that tho real object of the
leaders in the new movement was a selfish
hankering for tho spoils of office, many of these
wanderers have already returned to their first
love, and ere long hundreds more will follow.—
The late disgraceful scenes enacted at Harris
burg, during the caucassing for a candidate
for United States Senator, where members of
“the Order” were publicly bought like sheep
at the shambles, have opened the eyes of thou
sands of honest men, Whigs and Democrats,
who now see that the lenders of Know-Nothing
ism arc corrupt, both politically and morally,
and rotten at the core.
Bui the principles as well ns the practices of
the secret order are wrong. The policy of pre
scribing men because they happened to be bom
in some other country than this, or because
they belong to some other church than that to
which we ourselves arc attached, is, when strip
ped of its disguise, too despicable to be tolera
, ted for a moment. As a religion, Catholicism
may ho nearly all that its enemies have repre-
I sen ted it to be—ns regards the temporal power
of the Pope, it may be hostile to the genius of
our government and institutions, and what
1 then ? Are we to repudiate the inspired declar
ation of Jkpfkrsos', the great apostle of De
mocracy, hy a practical denial of the fact, that
“error of opinion may be safely tolerated, while
reason is left free to combat it Are the peo
! plcof this country driven to the desperate ex trem
ilv of being compelled to resort to a secret or
ganization, in order to oppose, and put down, a
1 religious denomination hardly strong enough
I to stand alone ? Have we become so alarmed
hy the influx of foreigners, that we no longer
dare to look our danger in the face, and must
skulk into secret holes and comers, to devise
ways and means to protect ourselves? Under
a despotism secret organizations may be ex
cused, and perhaps justified. But are tre un
der a despotism ? After the people”
of America have voluntarily thrown their doors
wide open, and tendered to the oppressed of all
nations the hospitalities of our country —after
providing an asylum for all the oppressed, and
urging them to flee to it —after boasting of our
tolerance, and gloating over the munificence of
our charities, are we all at once constrained,
hy a consciousness of our liberality, and the
potency of our fears to “know nothing,” and
care for notlyng, but to proscribe and put
down a few poor foreigners, who had been fool
ish enough to Wlieve what we have said ?
But such, though the ostensible, is not the
real object with the leaders of the movement in
question. Kvery day is demonstrating the
fact, that the organization is, and is to be, the
mere last resort of narrow-minded political as
pirants and broken-winded demagogues. Hon
est men of all parties have been caught in the
trap, but will get out of it. If our naturaliza
tion laws are defective, let them ho revised and
made right. If Catholicism is erroneous, let it
he refuted But we want, in this country, no
secret inquisitions, and no Jesuitical combina
tions, to uphold truth, or pul down error, (live
us an open field, and fair play ; that is nil we
ask. The people of this age and country are
100 far advanced to lie tied down to a narrow
and despicable policy, like that which is at the
liollom of Ibis movement. More comprehensive !
views, and a broader, deeper, and truer philan
thropy. arc, and will continue to bo. the prin
ciples which guide and govern the grc&t body
of the American people.
[Cy* The editor of the Jlerald, speaking of
tho course pursued by Messrs. Uokai.dson and
Criswell in the attempt to elect a Unlteif
States Senator, handles them as carefully as he
would young chickens—very tenderly. Ilcnt
tempts lo create a false impression, 100, by
staling that they merely voted for Gen. Came
ron in with the decision of the
American caucus.” thus leaving his readers
to'infer that they had not supported the Gener
al in caucus. It is well known that Messrs.
Donaldson and Criswell voted for Cameron in
caucus, and worked for him like dray horses.
They voted, too, for the secret ballot in caucus,
and also with Cameron’s friends in convention
against tho postponement of the election for
two weeks. Indeed, they have been active and
vigilant friends of tho General for several weeks
past, and have been ready to servo him In eve
rything ho required of them. This has been
their course, and tho Herald might as well let
his readers know tho truth of the matter.
O" The Detroit Advertiser is urging the ne
cessity of a ship canal around Niogra Falls on
the American side, On the ground that the Wel
land canal has not sufllcicnt capacity to do the
work that is done, more especially when the
Sant St. Mario (Lake Superior) canal is opened,
and when the reciprocity treaty goes into ef
fect. The Michigan UgMatur* j 8 to lakc
the subject. A number of lines have boon sug
gested for this canal, hut the shortest Is about
seven miles which is proposed from Gill Creek
(Schlossor) to hewialon.
-Tnn Ural Cash. —The Harrisburg Herald
says the most strenuous efforts have been made
for the pardon of Dr. Bcnlc, but that after a
full hearing of tho case, Gov. Pollock positive
| ly rcfhscd to grant a pardon."
PRESIDENTIAL VETO--;-FRENCII‘SPOLIATIONS. .
J Wo feel highly gratified that President Pierce ,
bad tUo iodcpeodciiCe and firinness to Veto . J
the French spoliation billy a stock-jobbing, qpec
ulating measure, 'which, has been pressed- with '
pertinacity and zeal, but which ..is 'manifestly :
rotten to the core.-,.The President deserves
great credit for his faithfulness to the interests
o( the people in this matter, when a bold and
impudent attempt bag been made to take from
the treasury five millions of dollars, on the
principle that tho government should become
an insurance office for every bold piratical ad-1
venture, in which as many realized fortunes os
lost them. These claHns have never been re
cognized by the reliable statesmen of tho coun
try. Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, and other
cotemporancouß Democratic statesmen hover
admitted their justice, and'it is a remarkable
and pregnant fact, that no President has over
recommended their favourable consideration to
Congress. They have been got up and per
sisted in by borers and speculators, who hang
round the National capitol. The losses in which
these claims are pretended to have originated,
were incurred a time of quasi hostility
between this country and France, growing out
of tno ratification of Jay’s treaty with England,
by this country, in which war or quasi war (for
no war was declared,) wo took as many prizes
as the French, and immense fortunes were made
by private individuals and other claimants
through insurance offices. All the just claims
growing out of our treaty of 1778 and other
treaties, with Franco, have been fully paid and
satisfied, the last being enforced against {franco
; during General Jackson’s administration.
The present effort therefore is to allow in
. surance officers, who are tho principal
. claimants, to got back what they paid for
, insuring doubtful and piratical adventurers
* against French commerce, by depleting tho
, national treasury to tho amount of their losses.
But It is remarkable what an interest can bo
enlisted in behalf of these rotten claims against
. the government, and that Democratic journals
will lend their countenance to such efforts.—
We notice a leading Democratic journal
p in our own commercial metropolis that has for
some lime past been urging the propirety of
j the passage of this French spoliation bill, and
; saying with a kind of ex-cathedra air that the
j President would not veto it. In a late number
of that paper, wc noticed an article on this sub
ject which wo conceived at the time highly
j objectionable. Among other things equally in
appropriate, that paper says: “It is an insult
. to President Pikrck’s clear understanding and
p lively sensibility, to insinuate the excrciatf of
, I the veto power by him in a case like the French
spoliations.”
Tliis is a little like the old game of Demo
crahc journals sustaining the U. S. Bank, be
fore Jackson vetoed it, in'which they were af
terwards obliged to chew their own words, take
back what they had said, and acknowledge
that the people hod rights paramount to stock
johbe r s, speculators and money changers. We
ncverlikc to see .Democratic journals vicing with
the leading federal organs in pressing rotten
claims upon the government, or becoming the
champions of mammoth corporations, and of
gentlemen who live by their wits, or in other
words by cheating the government.
The country recollects well the Gardner and
Oalphin claims, which were small in compari
son to those now pressed. tfpon the v considfVa-
lion of Congress.
Wo observed a few days since one made by
certain citizens of Florida, which was defeated
by a small vote in the Ilouso, through the
manly exposuro,of Mr. Orr, of South Carolina,
which was originally computed by Mr. White,
a former member of Congress from Florida, at
some eighty or ninety thousand dollars, end
on which nearly a million and a half of dollars
has already been paid, and a million and a
quarter arc now asked again—very modestly of
course. It is time there was a stop lo these
things, which a full treasury always invites,
and which can only be prevented by a farther
reduction of the tariff.
A. Hockarkld, late Treasurer of
one of the Know-Nothing lodges—to be more
: explicit and in his own words, "Treasurer of
I/odge No. 21, of the Sires of 76, smeo named
Council No. 21 of the Sons of the Siar Spangled
Bannci,” —of Lancaster city, comes outin the
papers in exposition of the Order for expelling
him because he dared to vote the Whig ticket
last fall. Ho is induced to the exposition be
cause he was expelled, disgraced, published in
the Councils as a traitor, and a fine of one dol
lar imposed upon any member who should
mention his name in meeting !
If this is not an attempt to enact tho "Span
iis Inquisition” over again, we should like to
know what else to call it 1 Can such a high
handed attempt to fetter man’s freedom of
thought and action, find countenance and sup
port in this enlightened age, and under our re-
I publican government ?
DisastrousTUsulth Anticipated Incon- J
tomplating Iho immense quantities of enow, in
the North-west, the Chicago (DU.) Tribune,
asks—“Wlial will become of uh ifitralnsl”—
If rain should come in sufficient quantities to
dissolve Iho snow in a single day, the conse
quences would he most terrible ami disastrous.
By a rain that came at such a lime, in 1840,
the loss by flood was one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars, while at this lime the loss
would be os much greater, as has been the
growth in population and wealth.
d/* There is at present in circulation a coun
terfeit gold dollar. It is made of pure brass
gilt. It differs slightly from the genuine coin,
in its appearance; though a close inspection of
the wreath, on one aide, will show they arc not
exactly the same. The weight of this counter
feit is only 16 grains, while that of tho genu
ine is 28. The difference in weight is such as
to be plainly perceptible, on comparing tho two,
notwithstanding tho dimuntivo size of coins.—
Tho counterfeit is a dangerous one, fiom the
fact that being bo small, it is not apt to bo so
closely scrutinized as would bo a larger coin.
Tub Wirw Partv.— Tho Now York Eipress
thinks it rather ominous of the fate of the Whig
party, that in tho two old Whig states, which
were the homes of Clay and Webster, it lias
h<*m virtually abandoned, the Whig delegation
\in Congress from Massachusetts having de
serted tho’prolcclivo system, and in Kentucky
, a refusal having been mode to call a Whig
Stale Convention.
o"Tlib next annual Conference of tho Metho
dist Episcopal Church will ha held In Lancaster
city, on the 20th of March. *
.., RXttff.NOiniJiG object's, aXd tactics,■<;
f It is Raidthcrii'fe ftorc rejoicing in thpKnow-
over the imitation info “the
orio jDcmpcraf, thanthere - is Over
that of riincty and n|nc federal Whiga.tvhp heed
no renovating process to render them encihies to
popular freedom. 11 can readily believe this.
The great bbjcctof the founders of Kuow-Noth
ingism is to distract i and prostrate the Denio
craticpaVty.and thereby destroy its influence
and crush its power. To accomplish this,they
have not scrupled' to appeal to the worst ftnd'
most malignant passions and prejudices in
man’s'nature; and rather than fail in their un
holy purposes, j they would willingly
citizen against citizen in a war of races or, of
creeds. They know that a largo majority of
the federal party #l. cheerfully obey their be
hests and follow where they lead, but to pros
elyte a democrat, and by his defection weak
en the democratic party, they would tra
verse both heaven and earth, and leave no Rtoiib
unturned.
But can such bold, bad men. in a free and
enlightened country like ours, succeed in effect
ing their nefarious designs, and in trampling
upon the civil and ipligious liberties of a nu
merous and respectable body of citizens ? Will
tho people aid in elevating to power hosts of
corrupt and broken-down politicians,and. windy
and hypocritical clerical demagogues, who on
ly flatter to deceive and who only seek fior pow
er that they may betray ? Will they permit
the old Democratic party, which lias faithful
ly advocated their interests and jealously guard
ed their rights for more than three quarters of
a century, to be prostrated and trodden under
foot by a bordpofscHUh and unprincipled men,
banded together for n common purpose and
bound to secrecy by wicked and unlawful
oaths ? No, God forbid! the people may fora
time bo deceived and led astray, erring' thro’;
ignorance and not from any want of patriot
ism, but when reason shall have resumed its
sway, and the "sober second thougbt”,shall in
fluence men’s conduct, tho reaction will ho ter
rible. Then will the demagogues who have
sought to win for themselves honors and pow;
fer by pandering to the baser passions of human
nature, bigotry and intolerance, be driven back
into their original insignificance, and* 'tfielr
names consigned to merited oblivion, or only
remembered with loathing and contempt.
With the disruption and prostration of
Know-Nothingism, then again will the Demo
cratic party, purgedbf its rotten and unworthy
members, and restored to its pristine strength
and purity, go on, os in days of yore, conquer
ing and to conquer, advocating and defending,
as it has always done, the rights and interests
of the people, as well as the true principles of
republicanism.
KXOff-SOTHIM CONSISTENCY I
The Lancaster httelkgcncp.r gives the Whig
and Know-Nothing supporters of Gov Pollock
the following hard dig in the ribs. Tho fact
is, Know-Nothingism has been consistent in
nothing but its inconsistency. That faction,
by it acts, has given the lie to every profession
it ever made.
One of the principal objections made by the
Know-Nothings to Ghv. Bigler, was because be
bad appointed Judge 'Campbell to a high and
responsible office after the people had defeated
him at the polls whes/ft candidate for another
station. This is one side of tho picture—but
what ia tho othc»ii>s*rcyly ia Mr. Pollock,
the chief of the Know-Nothings, warm in the
Gubernatorial chair, than he takes the back
track and appoints to high and lucrative posf.
lions under the government, Alexander K.
M’Clurb. of Franklin, and Christian Myers,
of Clarion—both of whom had been repudiated
by the people, when candidates for Stale offices
(AuditorGcncral and Surveyor General )in 1853,
by a three fold greater majority than was
Judge Campbell in 1851 * Such is Know-
Nothing consistency.
The Nebraska Question in Nebraska.—
The Territorial Legislature of Nebraska, elect
ed by the people, have adopted resolutions in
favor of the Nebraska Bill. They arc satisfied
with the responsibility of settling (he question
of free soil or slavery for themselves. They
accept the act of Congress, and arc willing to
abide the consequences.
A Marked Compliment.—The London
Court Journal, in alluding tp our Minister to
England, Mr. Buchanan, pays him this hand
some compliment;—“Among many able
men whom America has sent to represent her
at our court, not one has obtained n greater
amount of consideration with our statesmen
than Mr. Buchanan. To great diloraatpic
talents, his excellency unites a modest
demeanor and wonderful conversational powers,
bo that in any political gathering, his ascenden
cy is speedily manifest.”
j£7* Gen. Winfield Scott has received by the
joint vole of both house of Congress, the brevet
rank of Lieutenant General in the. United Stoles
Army. This honor conferred by a Congress,
the majority of which represents a party that!
I was arrayed in political opposition to him, must
bo peculiarly gratifying to the great soldier.—
Qcn. Shields and Judge Douglas both elec
tioneered in tbc Uoutio in favor of conferring Iho
, title. Upon ascertaining the vote, Col. Preston
i drove to Iho War Department, where ho an
. uounced the intelligence to Scott. The Gener
al dropped his head for a moment, and tears
wore seen trinkling down his chock. Ilia rc
• ply was worthy of his fame, and was ■precisely
i as follows;
“ Let no roan say, hereafter, that this coun
try is ungrateful to ono who has served her
faithfully. .
Horrible. —There has been a trial &nd con
viction in tho Erie county Court this week,
which, for tho sake of humanity, wo hope.may
never occur again. It was tho case of Earl P.
Blackmoro, of Conneaut township, for rape up
on two of his own daughters—girls not over
15 or 10. Tho details are too horrible for pub
lication. Upon tho first count, though the of
fence was proved to tho satisfaction of every
body, save tho jury, ho was acquitted r but up
on the second count, ho did not como off so
lucky, ond will doubtless bo sentenced to tho
full extent of tho law—ten years in the Peniten
tiary !
Gooey ran MAlton, —Wo have received the
March number of Godafs Lady's Book, very
richly embellished, ai)d in point of excellent
reading fully maintaining its high character.—
It is a work which no lady of, taste should ho
without. _
{£/* Sbntbbnoi'.d.— John (1. Kauffman, who
was convicted at January Court,ol Embracery,
or attempting improperly to influence a jury in
a case on trial, was sentenced last Saturday ,by
Judge Young (In thoabugacoof Judgo Jones)
to a lino of $5O and costa.
SHOOT THE TRAITORS I
•. Tho pourso of Messrs. DoNAtnsoN andOhia-
VrBLL,\ the, I^lpg-Kqow , -Nofluhfe - membir|> of,
; XssenibJy’ ffpin tbjfii county>'-iri
Qeh. CAtfEitbN for'Pi S. : Scnator,’isjdcno]apccd
in unmeasured terms a portion theiypar*
ty friends. The Jleralfcot this place,'vjrithi its
usual timidity, handles ttio “recreants ahd
traitors” very tenderly, but the Shippensburg
News, a more fearless and out-spoken ‘journal,
lashes them with a scorpion whip. From the
last nutnbei* of that paper we take tho follow
ing extracts from an able article:
* From Ihe Shippensburg Newt.
; -If. s. SEMOGSHIP.
P&j&HjS no political event sinte the treachery
of has created so ntuch'fcdihg in
the minds of all partips in Pennsylvania, as did
the announcement that Simon Cameron had
received the caucus nomination for tho office' of
U. S. 'Senator, and perhaps no portion of the
State felt more indignantat tho announcement
of such n result, thati did the people of Cum
berland county.'*'They had elected men who
they supposed wfcre honest and trust-worthy—
men who would-be true to tho trusts confided
to them, but they were mistaken. The treason
of Arnold found men only In the ranks of the
enemy, who'were base enough to speak in jus
tification of it, an'd who looked Upon it as the
act of an honorable man; the treachery of Ty
ler won for its author only the hypocritical
plaudits of the gambling politicians, who ex
pected to profit by his defection, but the perfi
dy. of DonUldson and Criswell is so abhorrent
to the feelings of all honorable inch,'of every
political shade, that tho bare mention of it is
beard with loathing and disgust. Even the
most depraved political adventurer, in whoso
heart honor and honesty have no resting place,
must look upon their conduct os too debasing
even for his approval, and every right thinking
man must despise tho wretch who is base
enough to betray a trust such as this. No enn
• federation should make a man so fat forget
himself as to sacrifice his honor, or expose it
to a suspicion, which, in this case, lurks in the
‘ mind of every man throughout the length and
hrebdth of this commonwealth.
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Mr. Donaldson bos boxed the political com
pass, and is one of those who think that party
services are worthy of reward in tho shape of
some lucrative office,' and that no man should
lend his services to a party, it matters not how
unimportant they mdy bo, without a reward of
some kind. It is but a few years since ho was
a Democrat, .but as that parly seemed rather
tardy about rewarding his fidelity, he rubbed
ol! the outer garment of his faith, and display
ed the gaudy decorations of the Anti-Tax par
ty. That party, Ijowever. did not suit the as
pirations of a man who looked beyond the rank
of a private. It breathed but languidly and
soon died. Mr. D. then became a Whig, and
was hardly warm in the party ’until his voice
was heard high above the clamor of tho hungry ,
throng, crying, “Give mo office.” The people
obeyed, and he has paid them with treason of
tho deepest dye. Of Mr. Criswell we had more
to expect. Wo believe he has always been a
consistent member of the Whig party, and that
no stain has ever darkened his political fame
until he became the dupe of the dcsigningdema
gogue into whose ranks he has enlisted, and he
might yet have been free from the contamina
ting inlluences of the man, had not gi’cafocss
been cost upon him.
• ««!•• •
If they, (Donaldson and Criswell) were be
fore the people to-day for re-election; not twen.-
ty men of tliose who cast their votes for them
last fall, would now do so. It would be folly
in us to talk of a day of retribution being; at
hand, for where men have not risen to notoriety
by the force of talent, but only attain it by
their olamerous desire for place, they have
nothing to loose, but the profits which such
places yield them. Notoriety they have gained,
but it is'"of that kind which weak men can win.
They will be taown only for their treachery to
those who 1 gave 1 them political existence.
Tub Trrauß Hondbed Doixab Exemption
Acrr. —Attempts arc being made, saj-s the Led
ger in the Legislature to repeal the law which
exempts $3OO of property from seizure for debt,
on thcplca that It docs more injury to the poor
mart than benefit, aa it prevents him getting
credit when he needs it. Facility for procuring
credit is often rodre of an injury to tho poor
man than a benefit, lor he should learn to roly
; upon his labor for .the satisfaction of his daily
wants, and not upon his ability to run up a
score with his baker and grocer, or to postpone
the payment of his rent when due, by which
means debt is accumulated upon his shoul
ders. and ho la always working for wliat is
technically known as a “dead horse,” and pay*
ing from twenty to twcnty.flvc five per cent,
more for credit than ho would if he paid cash.
A man who is industrious, economical and pru
dent, Seldom needs trust, and should misfor.
tunc or sickness overtake him, his character as
an industrious ami provident roan will always
procure him the degree of credit required in his
necessities. Thostrwho arc demanding the re
peal of the law are those who wish to fleece the
jKjor man, by getting him in debt, charging
him exorbitant interest for the credit, and then
walking into his house with the constable, and
taking the bed that his wife and children sleep
upon from under him, to sell to pay the debt.
Tub Likutekant-Geneualbuip.— I The bill
conferring tbo rank of Lieutenant-General upon
Maj. Qcn. Scott, gives him the rank and pay
lof a Lieutenant General .from tbo dote of bis
Service in Mexico, thus ; granting him about
$50,000 back pay, and an income of .about
$lO,OOO for life. There is also attached to the
grrido of Lieutenant-General a stall of nix per
sons—.four Lieutcnnnt-Coloncia and t>vo, Sec
retaries—each, with tbo rank and pay of a
Lieutenant-Colonel. The Lieutenant-General
will receive, in addition to his pay as Major-
General in command, the following pay and
emoluments—viz: $250 monthly pay, $5O
motbly allowance for forage, and forty rations
per day, or money in lieu thereof at the cur
rent price.
{£7 Lewis Schonbergcr, a young man of
about twenty-threo years of age, married a
short time since I/onisd Ann Jordan, in Henri
co, Virginia. The father took her forcibly
away from her husband on tho morning of their
marriage. A law suit followed. Tho father
contended that tho marriage lioioso was ob
tained by perjury. Tho husband said it had
not been, and contended that if it had, tho Vir
ginia codo did not annul tho marriage, and tho
law pointed mit tho punishment. Tho Judge
agreed with the husband, gave him back his
wife, at which result there was a great shout
of approbation in tbo court room.
TnoK Bridge, —The workmen are now en
gaged, at tho Pennsylvania Uailroad Compa
ny’s Foundry, in AlUmn,in casting plates, &0.,
for an iron bridge to bo erected on tho site of
the one recently burned near Lewistown.lHn
the meantime a temporary structure is nearly
Completed, bo that no further delay need bo ap
prehended in tho transportation of passengers
and goods. Tho iron bridge will bo a splendid
structure, and ono that will bid dollnnce to tho
sparks of the locomotive, or tho torch of tho
incendiary. It is indeed ultimately to replace
all their bridges with Iron structures.— llollß
daysburg Standard, 6 ■ 1
' EFTlJho' following lihofl hayo hoen handed to us
by atVlond for publication..
,by % lady , of, Philadelphia Jn\a jpiayfuj
m<sd3»''and indi&i{o'; J d‘‘ pbotloal ’talent' which
ahbuldj'm'jMtlco lr^pasosaw^b’ciilt
inuip! \/''! ’ r p;j" ‘•■'-“f:j'
.v!!' '■ A .aiDEI IN’piWsBUBS, y. . . 1 ,
' BY St.'Jl, It. ' ' •■, '!
Three ladies fair,
Who spending-wero
The winter months together,
Resolved in Pitt; ;
They’d dash a bit,
Not heeding wind or weather.
And that they should,
’Twas understood,, y
They’d better take a drive,
• That folks'might stare,
And wonder where,
And when, they did arrive.
Upon this bent, *
At length they sent, *
A messenger to, hire,
The finest cab
That could be bad—
Coachman in neat attire.
At the hour named,
The carriage came.
But shocking to relate,
Covered with rust,
And filled with dust —
With driver in same state.
Now they demur.
They will not stir,
In that old shabby thing,
It was not late.
They’d rather wait—
They could another bring.
Driver said no—
Hx; wmjlrl not go.
That was the best they had—
So in they hopped.
And down they dropped,
Each ono of them quite mad.
Now ladies three,
The moral see,
And let this crush your pride,
And would you splash,
And cut a dash.
Don’t try another ride.
Reported for Ike Jhncriran I'olunlrer.
Igrienltnrul Society—netting of Formers.
11l compliance with the published call, a largo
number id farmers and others met in the Court
House, at Cariisle, mi Saturday, the 17th hurt.,
to adopt measures for the formation of an Ag
ricultnfal Society for Cumberland county. On
motion, CtBOHOB 11. ilocitKit, Esq., »viu called
to the Chair, and C. Slayman and Joseph Cul
ver, appointed Vice Presidents, and Robeit
Mocfru, Secretary. After being thus organized,
the meeting adjourned to I o’clock, I*. M.
Aftriinoos Mkktiso.
The meeting was called to order at 1 o’clock,
by the President, when Judge Watts addressed
the meeting at some length In favor of the for
mation of the proposed society. At the con
elusion of his remarks ho offered the following
preamble and resolutions, which wore adopted
unanimously :
Whereas, The post few years has exhibited
a marked degree of improvement in tho business
of agriculture, which Ims manifestly been pro
duced through tho instrumentality of Agricul
tural Societies ami Journals. Living, as wo do,
in Ja county so admirably adapted in its soil and
Climate to develop© the results of judicious ex
periment, It becomes our duty to fend our sup
port and influence to the exertion which is
everywhere being made to promote as well tho
Interests of the farmer as tho common good of
mankind. Therefore,
Rfxohed, That it is expedient and proper to
establish an Agricultural Society in tho county
of Cumberland.
Resolved, That the subject bo referred to a
committee of.five, whoso duty Italian be to pre
pare a Constitution and By-lap’s for Us govern
ment, to nominate such officer* ns tho constitu
tion may provide for, and generally to make
such recommendations as will in their judgment
best promote the object irt ylovr, and to make
report to an adjourned meeting to be held at
this place on Saturday, the 24th ol February,
lit 1 o’clock, P. M.
In compliance with the second resolution, the
President appointed the following committee—
Dr. IF. W. Dale, George Clark. Ab’ra. Hosier,
Wm.-Llnc, jr., and Win. Woodburn.
It was then, on motion,
Rctolved, That these proceeding*! be signed
by the officers and published iu all thopopora of
the county.
[Signed ly the OJJicb^t.]
Appointments by the Governor*,
. Harbor Master at Philadelphia—George R.
Graham, Philadelphia.
Scaler of Weights and Measures, late city of
Philadelphia—Abraham Myers. Philadelphia.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, late county
of Philadelphia—Samuel D. Abbott, Phllodei
phift.
Park Inspector. Philadelphia—William D.
Baker, Philadelphia.
Lazaretto Physician—Dr. Henry Pleasants,
Philadelphia. X
Port Physician—Dr. llBward Taylor, Ches
ter county.
Quarantine Master—Jacob Popper, Delaware
comity.
Health Officer*—J. W. T. M’Allister, Phiht
dolphin.
Master Warden—Joseph E. Hcarncd, Phila
delphia.
Keener of Powder Magazine—Andrew M’-
Lean, Philadelphia.
Flour Inspector —Stephen Miller, Dauphin
county.
Whiskey Inspector—John W. Cowell, Bucks
county.
Whiskey Inspector—John 11. Seltzer, Berks
county.
Grain Measurer—Thomas E. Pollock, Phila
delphia.
Butter and Lard Inspector—George Mctzgar,
Philadelphia. -V
Lumber Inspector—John ’J. Aut'n, Nor*
thumberland county. *•'
' 1 Baited Beef and Pork Inspector—William A.
Olt. Philadelphia.*
Marble Measurer—lsaac B. Garrigucg, Phila
delphia.
[C7* Gov. Pollock is roundly rated by many
of his party friends for his appointment of the
notorious Thomas J. Power os Adjutant Gen
eral. The Lancaster Kxamincr is Indignant at
the appointment, and says “Power is one of the
roost notorious borers and ‘snakers* that has
inftflted Harrisburg during the past ten years,
and has a celebrity in that lino not nt all to bo
envied by those who admire fair and
legislation.” It is thankful, however, that his
office is Ono of merely nominal importance.—
Tho Executive has but few offices in his gift,
and thus far,his appointments have given but
little satisfaction to any of the factipnacompos
ing tho great “fusion,” or ton-fusion party. —
Before bo gets through with it, ho will no
doubt find that “politics is a hard road to trav
el.” *
Col. Benton, in acknowlgcdmg tho pres
ent of a silver pitcher from the New York Mer
cantile Library Association, informs his young
friends that tie attributes whatever of mental
and bodily vigor Uo now has and whatever of
business application he has over shown, to a
resolution formed early in life to abstain from
all intoxicating drinks.
BC7*Tho special election for State Senator} in
.Philadelphia, to supply tho vacancy occasioned
by the dentil of tho Hop. X/iViFpu\krod, result
ed in the chofob of, tho TThig
• ' ' '
•Flour and Mea!;.—Flodr is Qfrhly'hcld, but
there is rather more doing. t Sales of good se
lect dtrapdejor shipment, at a 9,. Stand,
ard .brands Avdl hot,bring t .'Sjnall
hoirio consumption within the/range of
for good .brands, and at 10 p IOJ. - RyJ-'
Flour is dull ,-at §G per barrel,.and Com Meaf
atfs44. ~i )•'-, ■.
Grain.—Tho market is nearly bora of Wheat
and veiy- littlb ,coming'in. Sales of-nrimo
red 'ht 111 212 ola. Bast sales of white At
2220; in store; Stnall sales of Ryc aramakintr .
at ’$l r 22. Corn is scarce. Sated i of. i new
yellow at f 92 cents. , Sales'of‘Pcmm/OAts-At ,
at 54 c. . and Southern at 52 cents; . • u ~ >,
Whiskey. Sales of bbls. 32 a 33c. jjddg. <
arpdull at 32 cents. * .
Clovcrsccd is more inquired after, with sales
at SO 25 a 0 37 per 04 lbs., from wagons, and
at SG 50 a 6 021 -from receivers’ hands.
Timothy is steady at $3 50 a 3 f 76 r and Flax
seed at §1 85, at which price the latter is
wanted.
•■lilafm!).
On the 15th inst., by the Rev. J. Evans, 3fr.
William E. LiNnSET.and Miss Sophia Qb wo,
both of West Pcuqgboro’ twp., this coinAy.
On the 15th inst., by the Rev. 0. P.'ninj,
Richard 6. Molliijin, of Prince George'*
county, Mart W.Hats, of Car
lisle.
Difb
On the 31st ult., near Mount Vernon, Ala.,
John SiMtsojc, formerly of Carlisle, in the 55th
year of his age.
f On Sunday the 10th of December Inst, in
Washington Oily, D. 0., of consumption, Cor.
porai JojtN A. Simms, late of the United States
Army, in the 30th year 6f hia'oge.
W eep not for him! there la no cansO of Woo,
Hut rather, nerve tho spirit that Is Weak
Unshrinking o’er (ho (horny path below,
And from earth’s loVdofilementfl keep thoe
hack, ~
Rn when a few fleet swerving years have flown,
lIo’U meet thee at heaven’s gate—and call
thee on!
VTohp not for him I
NOTICE
IS hereby given that I have, this day, assocl.
tod with mu in fbe practice of my profession,
ffm. Al. Penrose arid Thou. M. Biddle, Esqrs.
All business in future will l>u attended toby the
above, under tjio firm ot “Biddle Sc Penrose.”
W. At. KIDDLE, AWy. at Law.
February H, 1856 —tf
W3I. C. UUEEiU,
ATTOUXEY AT LAW. O nice An Beet em'i
How, Carlisle, Pa. Business entrusted to
him will be promptly attended to.
February li‘i, IK-m—tf
liorougli Ordinance.
BE it unacted by the Town Council of the
Borough of Carlisle, and it is hereby or
daiued and enacted by authority of the same j
That the Ore plugs placed, or hereafter to bo I
placed, in unv i|l the streets, lanes or alley? of
the Borough of Carlisle, are to be used nr opened
only lur tlic purpose of extinguishing Arcs {.and
it any person or persons ahull open any lire plug
or draw water from the same, or abuse or injure
it, or any part of it, in any manner, he, she or
they, shall be i table to a penalty of Twenty Dol
lars. Provided, however, that it shall not be
considered a violation ot this ordinance If the
fire plug and water be used by rcgplftrly organ
ized Hose orFiro Companies, thby having first
obtained the special authority of the Cftrilslo
Gas and Water Company for that pttrpoio - .
A. NOBLE, Chief JJurg(4fi-
Attest —James Mulun, Sect 1 y,
February lBs6—Bt
Proclamation.
WHEREAS the Hon, James XT. Gbabav*
President Judge, of the several Courts ol
Common Pleas In the. counties of Cumberland,
PiTfv, and Juniata,.and Justices of the severs!
Courts »f Oyer ami Terminer and General Jail
Delivery in »:dd counties, ami Samuel Woodbum
ami John Hupp, Judges of (he Court* o( Oyer
and Terminer ami Genet;’! Jail Delivery for tho
trial i>( all capital ami ether offenders, in the said
r<umly "t Cumberland, by their precepts to nm
directed, dated tho Bth of January, 1856, have
ordered the Court <»f Oyer mul Terminer and
General J ail Delivery to be bidden nt Carlisle, on
the second Monday of April 1855, (being (bo
Oth day,) at ten o’clock in the forenoon, to con
tlnuo two week.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Coroner, Jn*.
tires of the Peace, and Constables o( the said
county of Cumberland, that they arc by tho said
precept commanded to be (lien and there la their
proper persona, with their rolls, records, and in
qubotlons, examinations mid all-other remem
brances, tii do those things which to their offices
appertain to bo done, and all those that are
bound by recognizances, to prosecute against
the prisoners (bat are or then shall be In the Jail
of said county, are to be (hero to prosecute thorn
as shall bo just.
'JOSEPH McDARMOND, Sheriff.
February 22, 1855.
Valuable r a I'm foi* Sale.
AS it is lute in the season it requires particu
lar attention to draw purchasers. Look
hero, then, Fanners mid Capitalists, a groat in
ducement for a side investment is offered. No
lintnbug, but real and substantial value. So bo
up and doing, us now is the time for those Who
speed the plow, for wo farmers have been In the
drag long enough. So walk up and don’t Uo in
duced to invest your money In some fancy hum
hug slocks, to ho rich to-day and poorto-tuof-
I row, but go to this sale and ninfcen safe and sure
investment, os the tanners ore the'chief bone
and sinew of our country. • 1 .
The undersigned, one of the late firm of Plell,
Pouring & Thudfum, former owners,.will, ©tier
at public sale on the premises, on, TUESDAY,
,tho f Ifltji. day ol March, that voluablo .FAJiM,
situate on the Lctort Spring, about half amllo
tsoulh-east, of the borough of Carlisle, contain
ing
380 Acres,..
of Limestone Land, about 220 of which *ra
clbarcd and tho residue covered with the best
ol thqber. Eighty acres are now In winter groin
which will be included in the solo. Tho im
■JujiiL provemenis nro a largo double two
jttraflik story Stone Mansion Housp, ftafh
ini'liil an 'l °ther out-buildings. There Is o
never lulling spring of vbry flue wa
ter uuaor the house. Also an Orchard of choice
fruit. Ono third of tho doored land In now
land, as it has been lately cleared, while the old
cleared land lias boon lioavily manured' from
stables in Carlisle. Tho wliulo is in a high stato
of cultivation and has produced groat crpjte, u
can bo nacortalnod from tho farmer now living
on it. Besides that it actually produces a double
crop if well worked from under ground as well
as tho top, ns the wholo farm abounds in veins
of tho boat Pipe ore, and ray former partfaor
| years ago paid to Charles M. IPClurOjdec’d***
, high us $3OO per year for 0r0,&p4 'So.thls It*
1 rare ohanco not often to bomot vtfih. , Any per*
I son wishing to examine the farm may do, Bo by
calling oipPeter Albright now living on it.
Terms of Sale—Five per cent of tho wl)ol°
purchase money to bo paid on tbp day of wj*
Ono third of tho wholo purchase money, to p 0
paid on’tho Ist of April, 1836, when possession
will bo given. , Tho residue In throe equalahnn*
al payments, without interest. A deduction of
ton per cent will bo tnado for as much more
money as tho purchaser chooses to ofibr.
Also at private sale, a Farm of 220 acres, atm
n first ratu MEUCIIANT MILL, situate In Per
ry county, nolir Landlsburg, For particular*
enquire at Oak Grovo Furnace.
Fob. 21 at. OimiSTIAN TnumUM.^
GLASS WAKE.—Just receiving a now in
voice'of Vf are, embracing il variety of bowl*
suitable fbr fruit, preserves; pickles, sugar®,
jollies,,&c’ M as also Oollory JStanddjJflrs. DeeflO*
tors, Pitchers, Salts,. Poppers; Candlesticks,
Lamps, 1 covered Bowls, a largo assortment or
Timmlora, Goblets, and other usofdl articles;—
Fopsoloby ' ‘ J. IY. EBY.
Fobrttary 22, 185 C. i. • ••• ■